MAIL NOTICE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 134, 3 December 1938, Page 12

MAIL NOTICE

Mails (except parcel mail) will ue closed at C.P.0., Wellington, Cl. and (between 9.30 am. and 5 p.m.) at Post Offices. Te Aro. C 2. and Wellington East f.i ;is under, except late fee. Packet anu newspapei mails are closed Halt an hour before the time of rlosine ordinary letter-mails. Next dispatch tor tireat Britain. Avvatea, December 0. 5 p.m. Late fee. 7 n.m. Due London Derembpr lit SATURDAY * DI'XUAIUMt 3 Victoria Western .mil South Australia and Tasmania via Melbou. ne |iei Alauiis-auui (from Bluff) (Wahitif i "i li.m Cl () late fee ii p.m. Second-class matter 4.00 p m. Also pei iMiauu an mull i Id pei oz exual, Sunday, December 4 10.20 a.m Chatham Islands, per Tees Urom Lylteltun) (Waliine), H p.m C.1.0. late fee (i.45 p.m. Also per inland air mail (Id per oz extra), Sunday, December 4. 10 20 a.m MONDAY DECEMKIiK 5 Tonga, Apia ana Pago Fasjo. pet Matua (from Auckland I 5 p.m. C.P 0 late fee tj p.m. Railway Station 7 p.m Parcel mail noon Second-class matter 1 n in TUESDAY DECEMBER 6 Great Britain, Ireland. Canada lEastera States) and Newfoundland Ceylon, India, Egypt, and East Africa (letters only) due London December 19 . also airmail correspondence for foreign countries (special rale* apply) served by the Empire air. services per Awatea, 5 p.m C.P.O late fee 7 d m Australian States. China Japan. Malaya, South Africa, per Awatea. 5 p.m C.P.O. late fee 7 p.m Parcel mail 4 o.m Second-class matter 4.30 p.m • * WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER i. Great Britain, Ireland, and Newfoundland (letters only), due London December 22, also air-mail correspondence for foreign countries (special rates apply) served by the Empire air services, per Westralia (from Auckland) 430 ■ p.m. C.P.O. late fee, <5 p.m. Late-fee bos Railway Station, 7 p.m. Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Mamya, Egypt, East and South Africa, Italy and Balkans, per Westralia (from Auckland), 4.30 p.m. C.P.O. late fee. 6 p.m. Parcel mail noon. Second-class matter 1 p.m. Late-fee box Railway Station 7 p.m THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. Ocean Island, per Glenbank (from Auckland), 5 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. At railway station 7 p.m. Parcel mail noon. Secondclass matter 1 p.m. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10. Parcel mails for Fiji, Pago Pago, Hawaiian islands, and America, per Mariposa (from Auckland) , noon. United States ol America, Canada, Mexico, West Indies, Argentine, Brazil, Paraguay. Uruguay, Falkland Islands; also letters for' Continent of Europe, via San Pedro. Fiji. Apia. Pago Pago, Japan, and Hawaiian Islands, per Mariposa (from Auckland), 8 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. Sunday. Second-class matter 1 p.m. (Saturday) Late-fee box railway station 7 p.m. (Sunday). Money-orders must be obtained by noon. Mail closes at Auckland 3 p.m. Monday; due San Pedro December 26. Note.—Newspaper rate of postage to United States of America is %d' for each two ounces. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies. -Also per inland air mail (Id per ounce extra> Monday, December 12. U a.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14. Great Britain, Ireland (second-class matter and parcels only) ; also letters, etc., for Continent of Europe, Central America, Jamaica, Chile, Bolivia, and South American Western States, via Cristobal, per Rangitata (from Auckland), 4.30 p.m. C.P.O. late fee 6 p.m. Parcel mail noon. Second-class matter 1 p.m. Late-fee box Railway Station 7 p.m. Mails reach London approximately January 17. Correspondence will be accepted for dispatch by air-mail services in North, South, and Central America, also West Indies. Also per inland air mail (Id per oz extra), Thursday, December 15, 2 p.m. INWARD. (Arrival dates approximate only.) December S.—S.S. Waltaki, from Sydney:Australian and beyond Australia, mail (including English letter mails, dispatched from London November 17, 19, and 20, for Wellington, 149 bags, 12 parcel receptacles. December 6.— S.S. Awatea from Sydney, Australian mail. December 12.—R.M.S. Aorangl, from Vancouver, via Auckland; English second-class matter, American and Canadian mail. December 14. —S.S. Rangitane, from London; English second-class matter and parcel mail. English letter mails dispatched from Wellington November 14 arrived London November 28. NEW POSTAGE RATES FOR OVERSEAS LETTERS NOW IN FORCE. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Egypt, and all other British countries (except Australia), l^d each *£oz. Australia and dependencies. Id each ounce. United States of America, Italy, and all other foreign countries, 2%d first oe, l%d eacb. succeeding ounce. The postage rates on all articles except letters remain unchanged. Air-mail correspondence for foreign countries served by Empire Air Services special rates apply. The Christmas dispatch for letters for Great Britain and Ireland will be closed at Wellington on December 6. due London December 19. INLAND MAILS. (Unless otherwise indicated, malls are closed daily.) BY AIR MAIL. Auckland, Hamilton, and Thames districts daily, including Sunday, 11 a.m. Monday to Saturday, 2 p.m. Palmerston North and district daily, Including Sunday, 11 a.m. Monday to Saturday, 2 p.m. Hawke's Bay daily, 2 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. Gisborne daily, 2 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.. 5.15 p.m. Monday to Friday, 5.15 p.m. New Plymouth, daily 2 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. Southern Offices of New Zealand (except Nelson district), daily, including Sunday, 10.20 a.m. Blenheim, Monday to Saturday, 7.30 a.m., 8.45 a.m.. 1.15 p.m., 2.45 p.m.: Sunday, 11.15 a.m. Nelson, Monday to Saturday, 6.45 a.m., 10.45 a.m., 1.40 p.m., 4.15 p.m.; Sunday, 11.15 a.m. Greymouth, Hokitika, Westport. and Reefton, Monday to Saturday, 6.45 a.m. Parcels for dispatch by air will be accepted up to the time of closing letter mails. BY STEAMER. (Unless otherwise indicated, mails close daily.) Picton, Havelock, and Blenheim, via Picton, per Tamahine. — Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1.30 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee. 1.45 p.m.: at steamer, 2.30 p.m. Nelson, Westport, and Havelock, letter mails for Blenheim and Reefton, letter mails for Greymouth (Tuesday and Thursday) ; lettermails for Picton (Monday. Wednesday. Friday) ; also all mails for offices in Pelorui Sound (Wednesday and Saturday), Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Matangi, 5.15 p.m. j C.P.O. late fee, 6 p.m.; at steamer. 7.15 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, per Arahura, 5.15 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee. 6 p.m.: steamer, 7.15 p.m. , Southern offices of New Zealand (except Marlborougb and Nelson districts), Monday, Wednesday, Friday, per Rangatira, 6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee. 6.45 p.m.; late-fee box at gates to Ferry Wharf, 7.30 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, per Wahine, 6 p.m.; C.P.O. late fee; 6.45 p.m.; late-fee box at gates to Ferry Wharf. 7.30 p.m. BY TRAIN. Auckland and District.—Monday to Saturday, mails are closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m. Late fee, 2 p.m. Late fee railway. 2.50 p.m. Sunday to Friday (letters only). Mails are closed C.P.O. 5.15 p.m. Late fee 6 p.m. Late fee railway, 7 p.m. Thames, Hamilton, and Main Trunk Districts. —Malls are closed C.P.O. 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m. Late fee C.P.O. 2 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee railway, 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Gisborne and District. —Mails are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m.. 5.15 p.m. Late fee C.P.0., 8.45 a.m., 6 p.m. Late fee railway, 9.30 a.m. Napier and Hawke's Bay District.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 8.30 a.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee C.P.0., 8.45 a.m., 6 p.m. Late fee railway, 9.30 a.m. New Plymouth and Taranaki District.—Mails are closed C.P.O. 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m. (letters only). Late fee C.P.0., 9.15 a.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee railway. 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Wanganul and District. —9 a.m., 1.30 p.m., 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee C.P.O. 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee railway. 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Rangltikei District.—Mails are closed C.P.0., 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m.. 6 p.m. Late fee C.P.0., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m. Late fee railway. 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m. Palmerston North. —Mails are closed C.P.0., 7 30 a.m., 9 a.m., 1.30 p.m.. 5.15 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee C.P.0., 7.45 a.m., 9.15 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee railway. 8.20 a.m.. 10.5 a.m., 2.50 p.m., 7 p.m. Manawatu District.—Mails are closed C.P:O., 730 am, 4 p.m., 6 p.m. Late fee C.P.0., 7.'45 a.m.. 4.15 p.m. Late fee railway. 8.20 a.m. Wairarapa District.—Mails are closed C.P.0., 6 a.m., 2.30 p.m., 4 p.m.. 6 p.m. Late fee C.P.0., 2.45 p.m.. 4.15 p.m. Late fee railway, 7 40 a.m. The advertised times for closing mails by steamers are liable to alteration. Inland parcel malls are closed daily at C.P.O. at 1 p.m.. 2.30 p.m.. 3.30 p.m., 5 p.m.. 5.30 p m 6 p.m., 8 p.m. (For particulars of districts served, etc.. ring 44-702 or 44-165. or call at counter.) Express transit parcels received up to time of closing letter mails. Note. Express transit parcels cannot be forwarded to Auckland by "Limited Express." The public are earnestly requested to register all letters containing money or valuables intended to be sent by post All books, sample-packets, and newspapers must, be posted at this office half an hour before the time of closing ordinary letter mails. Books, sample packets, and newspaper mails are closed at Te Aro and Wellington East Post Offices at 11 a.m.. 1 n.m . 2.50 0.m.. 4 p.m., and 5 p.m. daily. J. MADDEN, Chief Postmaster. Saturday, December 3, 1938.